Archive
About Archive
Archive exists to stop the good cuts disappearing. Fletcher Watson spent fifteen years collecting clone-only genetics off the West Coast before the market lost them, and Face Off OG is why half the modern OG catalogue exists. If you’re looking for archive weed strains in Thailand, we carry their selection at How High Hub.
The Story Behind Archive
Archive Seed Bank is Fletcher Watson, better known as ThaDocta, and it began as one person’s obsession rather than a business plan. He started growing at seventeen, started breeding in 2008, and spent the years after that travelling the West Coast collecting the clone-only cuts of the 1990s and early 2000s: plants that lived only as cuttings passed hand to hand, and that were quietly vanishing as the market moved to commercial hybrids. He moved from Virginia to Portland and opened the doors there in 2016.
The preservation work turned into breeding work, and the result is a catalogue that reads like a family tree. Face Off OG is the one that changed things, and it is now under a remarkable share of modern OG-leaning genetics. RudeBoi OG crosses Irene OG into a backcrossed Face Off; Scooby Snacks puts Platinum GSC over the same backcross; Grimace OG does it with Purple Urkle. One plant, held onto carefully, feeding a decade of crosses.
Origin: Portland, Oregon. Founded 2006.
What Sets Archive Apart
Most seed banks chase what is selling. Archive’s whole reason for being is the opposite: hold the old clone-only cuts intact so they still exist in ten years, then breed from them rather than around them.
Signature Archive Strains
- Face Off OG: The backbone cut, and the one under half the modern OG catalogue
- RudeBoi OG: Irene OG over a backcrossed Face Off, heavy and resinous
- Scooby Snacks: Platinum GSC over Face Off BX1, sweet and sedating
- Grimace OG: Purple Urkle over Face Off BX1
Archive Strains at How High Hub
What to Expect
Archive strains are often driven by terpenes like Myrcene, Caryophyllene, Limonene, and common effects include Relaxed, Heavy, Euphoric, Happy.
Budtender’s Take
Archive genetics smoke like they were selected by someone who actually smokes. Expect weight rather than sparkle, and expect the OG backbone to show up somewhere in every one of them.